Sentences with phrase «tiddlywinkers twiddle»

The people with the biggest stakes in the future, not to mention the most power to force innovation, sat and twiddled their Rolodexes instead.

However, she says, «No matter what, I just remember twiddling my thumbs in Ohio pondering the question, «What am I going to do with my life?»

The three year revenue target was reached after a couple years and once again I find myself twiddling my thumbs, wondering if I peaked too early with my endeavors.

And it's about as effective as running on one leg, clapping with one hand or twiddling one thumb!

In any case it should be clear that we do not create unity, no more than we bring about righteousness by means of our works, but that on the other hand we should not sit around twiddling our thumbs.

I don't believe single women are called to twiddle their thumbs until a godly man finds you and makes you his wife and then you can finally serve God in the context of marriage.

Religion is a waste of time and I don't like to spend even a few minutes of my day thinking about it when I could be doing something far more productive... twiddling my thumbs, perhaps.

As soon as Christians start to try to avoid and condemn anything and everything that has pagan roots or symbolism, we end up having to just sit at home twiddling our thumbs.

Overall, Dan Allender presents the Sabbath as day of rest, but not for sitting around, twiddling your thumbs, and thinking Godly thoughts.

We sometimes sit around twiddling our thumbs saying, «I can not wait until I die.

When looked at this way, all the parables and teachings from Jesus about the Kingdom of God become much more clear, and we see that as followers of Jesus, we have a much larger role to play on this earth than just sitting around twiddling our thumbs while we wait for the rapture.

If I may digress a little: a regular pastime that I enjoy after hearing each enthusiastic new TV report of an endeavour to communicate with deep space civilisations (which we are now told must surely exist) is toimagine some «alien», hugely remote and distant from us in every way, twiddling with a radio set!

And maybe it does, but that doesn't mean that we can sit back, twiddle our thumbs, and watch it all with glee on the evening news.

Fortunately some of us love to think about it, tweak and twiddle, modify and elaborate, challenge and be challenged — it's a meaning of life.

That twiddling lasted over a decade.

I twiddled my thumbs waiting for the day when I would finally be used in full by Him.

To keep twiddling the dial impatiently looking for something else is to disrupt whatever values there might be in it.

It is not to be a day where you sit around the house, twiddling your thumbs, and watching the hours slowly tick by.

we don't sit here and twiddle our thumbs waiting for Jesus to return..

``... we have no business sitting around twiddling our thumbs and waiting for Jesus to return.»

It means that as followers of Jesus, we have no business sitting around twiddling our thumbs and waiting for Jesus to return.

We twiddle our thumbs.

He twiddled his thumbs.

These people aren't sitting around twiddling their thumbs, simply «praying» and not dealing with their problems in a rational manner.

The worst thing that could happen is that you would have to cancel, and better to cancel than having to twiddle your thumbs waiting for a baby to arrive that you have no control over.

I twiddled the recipe (more flour, 1 large tsp honey, rapeseed oil) and they turned out perfectly: light and fluffy.

No waiting, no twiddling of thumbs, just a good cookie ASAP.

Miso is a funky Japanese fermented soybean paste that's probably been patiently loitering in the back of your fridge for months twiddling its thumbs, waiting for you to realize its worth.

Carlos Sainz Jr is clearly fed up of twiddling his thumbs in the off - season, so he's taking to the hills of Monte Carlo this weekend during the first round of the new WRC season.

Have to take that leap at some point, and I'd rather we did than just twiddle our thumbs like we have the past decade.

onto more important matters whilst arsenals arrogant manager twiddles his thumbs, the rest of the big teams are doing what they always do getting ready to spend big.

So as the clock ticks down and Arsene Wenger sits twiddling his thumbs (sorry, working hard on transfer deals I mean) in his office, it looks almost certain that the transfer of the Egypt international midfielder Mohamed Elneny will be our one and only signing of the winter window.

I for one am always having a pop at Arsene for some decisions he makes but last night's instructions / plans worked perfectly, and it's not often we see him switching wingers (play) so suddenly in a game, where we all usually slate him for doing nothing (twiddling his thumbs on the bench!)

Man utd have just signed Di Maria for # 60m while Wenger sits there twiddling his thumbs.

It's a sucky situation all - round, as nobody likes to see a championship decided like that, and Gasly is going to be left twiddling his thumbs on a weekend where he should have been racing something, somewhere.

I do not care if we have 3 CBs all sitting back and twiddling their thumbs because our CM is dominating the game, it offers security so we can press harder for more goals.

To keep squidging muscles in supple condition before a match, Cambridge tiddlywinkers twiddle their thumbs during lectures.

«Bwrw dda,» she said, twiddling shyly with her hearing aid.

still can't believe the NBA is twiddling their thumbs and not enforcing the remaining franchises to have GLeague teams

If had just sat down in place and twiddled his thumbs the goal would not have scored.

After all, Wake and Florida merely twiddled their thumbs for far many more hours than actually participating in baseball games that weekend, and Singer wouldn't come back on after the game resumed.

THeo Walcott once again is left twiddling his thumbs on the Arsenal bench, with Danny Welbeck alongside him.

Gazidis failed AFC yet again though, K tried to say Gazidis was overruled on DoF but a DoF wouldn't have spent the money without Gazidis permission, Gazidis is too tight fisted to say yes so a DoF would just be sitting around twiddling his thumbs.

Someone has to twiddle the bits.

Besides, Eric Apricot just did a post on the double screen (the one two punch), which doesn't leave three players standing around twiddling their thumbs.

Like I said, the news reported by The Mirror today that Olympique Lyonnais have confirmed that they have rejected a substantial offer from Arsenal for their talented forward Alexandre Lacazette does at least prove that Wenger is not just twiddling his thumbs.

Jose identified his weaknesses and Boom when straight out and bought 27mill for cesc biggest bargain around in todays market, where as wenger still twiddling his thumbs.

He'll just be twiddling his thumbs because we already have Nelson, Maitland - Niles and Willock in the academy

If you're sat twiddling your thumbs waiting for Formula 1 to come back then Mercedes may have found something to keep you amused, for a while at least.

, «thats a fine dead pussy on your head kind Sir, I «ll have you know this is my very own hair, you» window peeper ``, now bugger off before i kick you in the» Twiddle - Diddles».